Abstract

The sattriya dance of Assam was created by the medieval Vaishnavite religious preacher Sri Manta Sankardeva and his disciple Sri Sri Madhava Deva within the fold of ankiya naat. He organized a show of his first drama ‘Cihna-Yatra’ in his birthday place Bardowa. However, in the present sattriya dance tradition, due to many reasons, the dances of the Kamalabari sattra circle have become very popular while the dances of the Bardowa sattra1 circle have become obsolete. This paper attempts to analyze the sutradhari nac2 of the Bardowa sattra circle. It is also tried to scientifically render notations of the rhythms of this dance number.